Company News

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Hard Creek appoints Johnson as Director

Mark Jarvis, CEO of Hard Creek Nickel Corp. has announced that Mr Gary Johnson has joined the Board as a Director of the company.

Stainless Steel Direct launches website

Stainless Steel Direct, located in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada, will be launching a new website in Fall 2010.

Metals USA to raise money

Metal processor Metals USA Holdings Corp. wants to raise about USD 200 million in an initial public offering.

US Nickel appoints

US Nickel Ltd has announced the appointment of Mr Jonathan Murray as a non-executive director and to the role of chairman.

New channel partners for RathGibson

RathGibson has announced that the company will expand further into Central and South America through the establishment of channel partnerships with Tuvacol SA in Columbia and B&P Fluid Control and B&P Energy Supply in Costa Rica.

New industry segment positions

The Lincoln Electric Co. has announced two appointments effective 1 June 2010: Peter Pletcher has been named Director, Global Consumable Development, and Ferry Naber has been appointed Director, Global Machine Development.

Techincal report for Carlin project

EMC Metals Corp. has announced that the Canadian National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101) independent technical report and resource estimate of the Carlin Vanadium Project has now been filed on SEDAR under the company's profile.

AK Steel senior management changes

AK Steel has announced that its Board of Directors have approved the promotion of several members of its executive management team and other management changes. The executive management promotions are:

Universal Stainless reports first quarter

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has reported that sales for the first quarter of 2010 were USD 34.7 million compared with USD 42.2 million in the first quarter of 2009 and USD 26.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Energy Savings Project of the Year Award

Ogihara America Corp., a Thai Summit Group company, has been chosen as the winner of the 2010 Energy Saving Commercial Project of the Year presented by DTE Energy and The Engineering Society of Detroit.